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The purpose of the Navy ROTC Program is to educate and train
qualified young men and women for service as commissioned officers
in the Navy's unrestricted line, the Navy Nurse Corps and the Marine
Corps. As the largest single source of Navy and Marine Corps
officers, the Navy ROTC Scholarship Program plays an important role
in preparing mature young men and women for leadership and
management positions in an increasingly technical Navy and Marine
Corps.

Selected applicants for the Navy ROTC Scholarship Program are
awarded scholarships through a highly competitive national selection
process, and receive full tuition, books stipend, educational fees
and other financial benefits at many of the country's leading
colleges and universities. Upon graduation, midshipmen are
commissioned as officers in the unrestricted line Naval Reserve or
Marine Corps Reserve.

The Navy ROTC Scholarship Program is available to qualified
students who graduate from high school before August 1 of the year
they intend to start college.

Students selected for the Navy ROTC Scholarship Program make their
own arrangements for college enrollment and room and board, and take
the normal course load required by the college or university for
degree completion. Additionally, scholarship midshipmen are required
to follow specific academic guidelines.

Full information concerning the Navy ROTC Scholarship Program is
available from any of the colleges and universities with Navy ROTC
units or from Navy and Marine Corps recruiters. A list of colleges
and universities is available on this website at the
Colleges and Universities page.

MISSION

The Navy ROTC Program was established to develop midshipmen
mentally, morally and physically and to imbue them with the highest
ideals of duty, and loyalty, and with the core values of honor,
courage and commitment in order to commission college graduates as
naval officers who possess a basic professional background, are
motivated toward careers in the naval service, and have a potential
for future development in mind and character so as to assume the
highest responsibilities of command, citizenship and government.

THE SAILOR'S CREED

I am a United States Sailor. I will support and defend the
Constitution of the United States of America and I will obey the
orders of those appointed over me. I represent the fighting spirit
of the Navy and those who have gone before me to defend freedom and
democracy around the world. I proudly serve my country's Navy combat
team with Honor, Courage and Commitment. I am committed to
excellence and the fair treatment of all.

HISTORY

The Naval Reserve Officers Training Corps (Navy ROTC) Program was
established in 1926 to provide a broad base of citizens
knowledgeable in the arts and sciences of Naval Warfare. The program
provided an opportunity for young men to undertake careers in the
naval profession. In the beginning, there were six Navy ROTC units
located at the University of California at Berkeley, Georgia
Institute of Technology, Northwestern University, University of
Washington, and Harvard and Yale Universities. In June of 1930, 126
midshipmen graduated from college, and received commissions in the
United States Navy. At least 3 of the graduates went on to obtain
flag rank.

The Marine Corps entered the Navy ROTC Program in 1932, offering
qualified Navy ROTC graduates commissions in the United States
Marine Corps. In 1968, Prairie View A&M became the first
Historically Black College (HBC) to host the program. In 1972, the
Secretary of the Navy authorized 16 women to enroll in the program
and attend school at one of four colleges. Women may now participate
in the program while attending any Navy ROTC affiliated college or
university. In 1990, the Navy ROTC Scholarship Program was expanded
to include applicants pursuing a four-year degree in Nursing,
leading to a commission in the Navy Nurse Corps.

The mission of the Navy ROTC Program today... is
to develop young men and women morally, mentally, and physically,
and to instill in them the highest ideals of honor, courage, and
commitment. The program educates and trains young men and women for
leadership positions in an increasingly technical Navy and Marine
Corps. Currently there are 63 Navy ROTC units/consortiums hosted at
77 schools throughout the United States. The Navy ROTC Program
is available at over 160 colleges and universities that either host
Navy ROTC units or have cross-town enrollment agreements with a host
university. Selected applicants for the program are awarded
scholarships through a highly competitive national selection
process, and receive full tuition and other financial benefits at
many of the country's leading colleges and universities.